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Comply with health law — Philhealth

BAGUIO CITY (Nov. 28) — Atty. Dayne Medina, of the Philhealth Cordillera Regional Office Legal Unit based here, today warned employees and employers alike to comply with the provisions of Republic Act 7875 as amended.

Medina said it is the obligation of employers to inform their employees of a mandatory enrolment in the country’s health insurance system. “Actually, everyone must be enrolled in Philhealth,” Medina told Nordis. Moreover, he said one way to achieve this is through the employment connections.

Aside from information dissemination on the benefits workers get out of Philhealth membership, law mandates that employers should process their employees’ membership, collection and remittances of monthly contributions.

“Kaya monthly ang pangongolekta, dahil isinasabay na nila ito sa collection ng premiums ng Social Security System (SSS) at ng withholding taxes, para systematic,” (Collections are made monthly simultaneous with the SSS and withholding taxes) Medina explains.

Medina’s team explained that to enable Philhealth members to avail of the hospitalization benefits, at least six monthly contributions should have been remitted to the nearest office. For maternity benefits, nine monthly contributions are needed.

Philhealth members who have completed twenty years of membership may still be considered as non-paying members after retirement and may avail of similar benefits and health insurance, Medina assured the public.

Medina and his team are investigating a transport company based in the lowlands for its non-remittance of its employee contributions.

According to Medina, if a company is found not abiding by the provisions of the Philippine health insurance law, it will be prosecuted for violating the implementing rules and regulations of the said law. (Check website: philhealth@gov.ph for penalty fees.) # Lyn V. Ramo for NORDIS

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